I read the Manga of it. I started reading it right when the first arc finished, so I read the first arc all in a row and thought it was cool. I think I'll stick with the book over the show. I usually like Anime over Manga because I love to see the action, will, in action (so far I've dropped Naruto and Bleach Mangas for the show). Death Note has VERY LITTLE action in the Manga. So I'm thinking the Anime has a lot of subtitle reading, and if I need to read a lot, it might as well be the book, because I'm kind of slow, and I need to reread a lot of things, especially Death Note.